Insurable(a.) Capable of being insured against loss, damage, death, etc.; proper to be insured.
Insurance(n.) The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6.
Insurance(n.) The premium paid for insuring property or life.
Insurance(n.) The sum for which life or property is insured.
Insurance(n.) A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance.
Insurant(n.) The person insured.
Insure(v. i.) To underwrite; to make insurance; as, a company insures at three per cent.
Insure(v. t.) To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.
Insure(v. t.) Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured.
Insured(imp. & p. p.) of Insure
Insurer(n.) One who, or that which, insures; the person or company that contracts to indemnify losses for a premium; an underwriter.
Insuring(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Insure
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